Frame for doors, windows, &amp;c.



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Patented A r. 22,1902.

No. 698,20l,

(Ajaplication flld May 10, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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JOHN B. DHOMERGUE, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

FRAME FOR- DOORS, WINDOWS, 84.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 698,201, dated April 22, 1902.

Application filed May 10, 1901.

vented a new and useful Improvement in Frames for Doors, Windows, 850.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

Myinvention relates to the frames for doors, windows, &c.; and has for its object to provide such a form of frame as will prevent air, dirt, dust, &c., from entering the apartment through the different cracks or joints of the frame.

My invention consists, generally stated, in the novel arrangement, construction, and combination of parts as hereinafter more specifically set forth and described, and particu larly pointed out in the claims.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to construct and use the frame, I will describe the same more fully, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a horizontal section through the .walls of a building, window-casing, and sash and showing my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a like view of the walls of a building, door-casing, and door and showing my invention applied thereto Fig. 3 is a side view of a portion of the strip, and Fig. 418 a perspective cross-section of the same.

Like symbols of reference herein indicate like parts in each of the figures vof the drawlngs.

Asillustrated in said drawings, 1 represents the siding or wall of the building, which is provided with the opening 2 therein for the reception of the door or window frame 3. The door or window frame 3 is provided with the side pieces or facings 4 thereon, which extend over the side faces 5 of the wall 1, and the usual door or sash 6 is adapted to fit within the frame 3 in the ordinary approved manner. Fitting Within the space 7, formed between the inside face 8, formed by the open-' ing 2 in the wall 1, and the inside face 9 of the frame 3, between the facingsd of said frame, is the strip 10, which extends all around the opening 2 and is preferably formed of felted cattle-hair 11 in order to make the same yielding and flexible.

The strip 10 is also prefer- SerialNo-59,605. (NomodeL) ably provided with a tape 12 on one side 13 of the strip 10 and formed of paper or other suitable material, which is stitched to and through the felted cattle-hair by means of the threads 14:- in' order to keep the hair 11 composing the strip 10 from becoming disintegrated.

The manner of forming and using my-improved frame for doors and windows is as follows: Before the frame 3is placed in position the strip 10 is secured all around the face 9 of the frame 3 by tacks or other suitable fastenings, when the frame 3 can be set in position on the base of what is afterward and constitutes the opening 2 in the wall 1, which wall is built up around the sides and top of the framein forming said opening 2. The strip 10 is formed in any suitable manner, with the tape 12 stitched thereto by the threads 14, so that said tape only occupies a portion of the side 13 on the strip 10,-after which the strip can be cut into the lengths desired for the frame 3 and secured to said frame, so that the side 13, containing the tape 12, is next to the face 9 of the frame 3, and this will allow the opposite side 13 of the strip to come in contact with the material forming the siding or wall of the buildingsuch as the wood, mortar, plaster, brick, or stone forming said siding or wall 1-whensaid wall is built up around the frame 1. By having the strip 10 placed in this manner it will be pressed within the space 7 between and against the face 8 of the wall 1 and the face 9 of the frame 3, so that the material forming said strip will be forced against such faces 8 and 9 on account of the nature of said material, and the tape 12 being of less width than the width of the strip 10, which will allow the edges of the strip to be compacted against such faces 8 and 9 and form an elastic air-tight partition within the space 7. It will thus be seen that by positioning the strip in this manner air, dust, dirt, &c.,.will be effectually pre vented from entering the apartment, as all liability of the strip becoming separated or loosened is overcome, and it will always remain in place, so that the strip not only acts as an insulator against heat and cold entering the apartment through the frame, but also excludes the dirt, dust, &c., therefrom. The strip is cheap and simple and can be easily and cheaply manufactured. Itcan be applied quickly and easily to the frame during the erection of the building, and when once in position it will not require repairing or removal for any cause whatever.

It will be obvious that material other than felted cattle-hair can be used in the strip, such as cotton or other yielding material, such as asbestos, which can be used in fireproof frames, while various other modifications in the construction and material of the various parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the wall and frame, and a yielding strip located between the same.

2. The combination of the wall and frame,

and a yielding strip formed of hair located between the same.

3. The combination of the walland frame, and a yielding strip formed of cattle-hairlocated between the same.

4. The combination of the wall and frame, a yielding strip formed of cattle-hair adapted to engage with said wall, and a tape on said strip adapted to engage with said frame.

5. The combination of the wall having an opening therein, a frame, a yielding strip formed of cattle-hair adapted to engage with the inside face of said opening, and a tape secured to said strip and adapted to engage with the inside face of said frame.

(3. The combination of the wall having an opening therein, a frame, a yielding strip formed of cattle-hair located within the space formed by the opening in the wall and frame and adapted to engage with the inside face of said opening, and a tape stitched to said strip and adapted to engage with the inside face of said frame.

7. The combination of the wall having an opening therein, a frame, a yielding strip formed of felted cattle-hair located within the space formed by the opening in the wall and frame and adapted to engage with the inside face of said opening, and a paper tape stitched to said strip and adapted to engage with the inside face of said frame.

8. As a new article of manufacture, a strip formed of yielding material adapted for insertion between the stile of a door or window frame and the wall, and a tape secured to one side of said strip.

9. As a new article of manufacture, a yielding strip formed of hair adapted for insertion between the stile of a door or Window frame and the wall, and a tape secured to one side of said strip.

10. Asanew article of manufacture, ayielding strip formed of cattle-hair adapted for insertion between the stile of a door or window frame and the wall, and a tape secured to one side of said strip.

11. As a new article of manufacture, a yield ing strip formed of felted cattle-hair adapted for insertion between the stile of a door or window frame and the wall, and a tape secured to one side of said strip.

12. As a new article of manufacture, a strip adapted for insertion between the stile of a door or window frame and the wall formed of a yielding material, and a tape secured to one side of said strip and of less width than the same.

13. As a new article of manufacture, a yielding strip adapted for insertion between the stile of a door or window. frame and the wall formed of hair, and a tape secu red to one side of said strip and of less width than the same.

14. As a new article of manufacture, ayielding strip adapted for insertion between the stile of a door or window frame and the wall formed of cattle-hair, and a tape secured to one side of said strip and of less width than the same.

15. As a new article of manufacture, a yielding strip adapted for insertion between the stile of a door or window frame and the wall formed of felted cattle-hair, and a tape secured to one side of said strip and of less width than the same.

16. Asa new article of manufacture, ayielding strip adapted for insertion between the stile of a door or window frame and the wall formed of felted cattle-hair, and a tape secured to one side of said strip by stitches, said tape being of less width than the strip.

In testimony whereof I, the said JOHN B. DHOMERGUE, have hereunto set my hand.

JOHN B. Dl-IOMERGUE.

\Vitnesses:

J. N. COOKE, J. L. TREFALLER, Jr. 

